Prayer is a skill in RuneScape Classic where the player turns on "prayers" to aid them in combat. In the very early days of RuneScape Classic, Prayer was divided into 2 parts: PrayGood and PrayEvil, both lacking prayers. The two skills were merged into "prayer" in 24 May 2001 and the experience from the type of prayer with the highest experience was kept. The skill with the lower amount of experience was discarded. Former spells on the GoodMagic and EvilMagic spellbooks which had constant use on the player or the target, such as Burst of strength, were placed under "prayer" and new ones incorporated.
Prayer is a part of combat, by increasing attack, defense, and strength temporarily. It is also factored into your combat level.
It is one of the hardest skills to train because of small experience that bones give. Prayer accompanies combat by increasing Attack, Defense, and Strength temporarily.
To train prayer, you must bury bones. Simply pick up the bones dropped by a monster and click on the bones in your inventory to bury them. They will disappear from your inventory and you will gain prayer experience depending on the type of bone that you buried.
Bones
| Image | Bone | Experience | Fatigue |
|---|---|---|---|
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Bones | 3.75 | 0.133% |
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Bat bones | 4.5 | 0.133% |
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Big bones | 12.5 | 0.266% |
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Dragon bones | 60 | 1.333% |
Prayers
| Prayer | Level | Effect | Drain Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thick skin | 1 | Increases defense by 5% | 15 |
| Burst of strength | 4 | Increases strength by 5% | 15 |
| Clarity of thought | 7 | Increases attack by 5% | 15 |
| Rock skin | 10 | Increases defense by 10% | 30 |
| Superhuman strength | 13 | Increases strength by 10% | 30 |
| Improved reflexes | 16 | Increases attack by 10% | 30 |
| Rapid restore | 19 | Restore all stats 2x as fast as normal | 5 |
| Rapid heal | 22 | Hits restore 2x as fast as normal | 10 |
| Protect item | 25 | Allows one more item to be kept on death | 10 |
| Steel skin | 28 | Increases defense by 15% | 60 |
| Ultimate strength | 31 | Increases strength by 15% | 60 |
| Incredible Reflexes | 34 | Increases attack by 15% | 60 |
| Paralyze Monster | 37 | Stops the monster you are fighting from attacking you, doesn't work on players | 60 |
| Protect from missiles | 40 | Protects from all ranged attacks, works on players | 60 |
Unreleased
| Prayer | Level | Effect | Drain Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Invisibility | 40 | Allows the player to hide from monsters and other players | 10 |
Recharging Prayer Points
There are three main ways to recharge prayer points: by praying at an altar, drinking Restore prayer potion or by dying. Players will also receive one prayer point upon levelling up Prayer skill.
Praying at an altar or dying will recharge all prayer points and praying at the Monastery altar will even give +2 bonus.
Prayer restore potions increase prayer by (Level * 0.25 + 7) points. To get the maximum Restore prayer potion effect of 31, player would need level 96 Prayer.
Prayer Equipment
Some equipment help in conserving the player's prayer points, by reducing the prayer drain rate. These items include:
Amulets
| Image | Name | Prayer bonus | Where to obtain |
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Holy Symbol of saradomin | 8 | Crafted from Silver bar |
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Unholy Symbol of Zamorak | 6 | Crafted from Silver bar |
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(Charged) Dragonstone Amulet | 3 | Crafting (see Jewellery) |
Tops
| Image | Name | Prayer bonus | Where to obtain |
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Monks robe | 6 | Monastery |
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Druids robe | 4 | Druids |
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Priest robe | 3 | Thessalia's Fine Clothes |
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Robe of Zamorak | 3 | Iban Disciples, Necromancers |
Bottoms
| Image | Name | Prayer bonus | Where to obtain |
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Monks robe | 5 | Monastery |
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Druids robe | 4 | Druids |
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Priest gown | 3 | Thessalia's Fine Clothes |
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Robe of Zamorak | 3 | Iban Disciples, Necromancers |
Quest equipment
| Image | Name | Prayer bonus | Where to obtain |
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Doctors gown | 4 | Nurse sarah's house |
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Amulet of Doomion | 3 | Killing Doomion |
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Amulet of Holthion | 3 | Killing Holthion |
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Amulet of Othainian | 3 | Killing Othainian |
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Beads of the dead | 1 | Player made, see article |
See also: Maximum Bonuses in RuneScape Classic
Training
Killing
A good way to train prayer is to kill monsters, pick up their bones and bury them.
Good monsters for regular bones It is advised that you kill monsters you can easily one-hit for fast bones.
Good monsters for big bones
- Giants
- Baby Blue Dragons
- Jogres (Will sometimes drop more bones too)
Good monsters for dragon bones
Bat Bones are not suggested. They give 4.5 experience per bone instead of 3.75 (regular bones) but it is not worth it unless you're training on bats.
Buying
Another popular alternative is to buy dragon bone certificates from other people, uncert them and then bury them.
Quest Rewards
- The Holy Grail -
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Trivia
- Paralyze Monster was not added from the move to the RuneScape 2. Instead, it was renamed "Protect from Melee" which still nullifies damage, but the monster can still attack. Exceptions are if the attack is "Magical melee" and if the player is fighting another player, then the Prayer merely increases Defense.
- When first introduced, Prayer was 2 skills, PrayGood and PrayEvil, that were merged later on.
- Before the magic update that gave the prayer book, the prayer stat had no use.
- No player was able to achieve 99 Prayer before the introduction of Runescape 2 which then officially became the main version of the game. Therefore, it is not known who the first player to achieve 99 Prayer on Runescape Classic is.
See also
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